obsession (in the best sense of the word!). People worldwide are fascinated with the hobby of treasure hunting.

Coming across a valuable item in your treasure hunt can be a real thrill. Even an

item that may not have monetary value could be personally attractive to the right hunter.Part of the thrill is in the chase; not knowing what you may find lends a sense of mystery and intrigue to the treasure hunt.

In years past, a treasure hunt could have been a very dangerous quest. Pirating

was rampant, with several competitive and devious hunters often after the same prize. Quite often, the myth or rumor of a valuable buried or sunken treasure led to bloodshed and fighting between hunters.

Before airplanes became the preferred method of worldwide travel, those in

search of life in a new land would travel by ship to their new destination. As it could take months to sail from one continent to another, passengers were unsure if they would even return to their home land. They would pack up all of their worldly possessions to take with them to the ‘new world’. One might pack several trunks of furs, coins, jewelry, dishware, and other valuable goods to take with them to their new life.

These ships laden with valuable items were prime targets for pirates.

Ships were always on the look out for pirates that may try to board and rob, or

even kill, the passengers onboard. While this high seas robbery is certainly not

called treasure hunting, it demonstrates just how vulnerable these ‘treasures’ were. People traveling away from home were not only vulnerable to theft while sailing; these pirates had no qualms about robbing a ship after a natural disaster struck.

Ships sailing far from home had to endure terrible storms, barrier reefs,

extremely high waves and more as they slowly made their way from one point to the next. Unfortunately, many ships succumbed to the dangers they faced, and sank.

Before GPS and radio, it was really anyone’s guess where they ship may have gone down. Tales and fables would develop about the location of the sunken ship and its possible contents. For example, if a royal family member or businessman was on board, one might assume that quite a bit of valuable merchandise sank with the ship.

If the ship was not immediately located, an air of mystery would develop around

the tale as it was passed down through generations of curious people. Those will the

resources and desire would undoubtedly go in search of the ship in an effort to recover some of the ‘treasures’ on board. These expeditions were treasure hunts in the truest sense of the word!

A treasure may also be something that a person unfortunately lost. Of course, if

you find a valuable item, you should make every attempt to return it to its rightful owner. But in most cases, the owner is never found, leaving the treasure hunter as the new owner. We’ll discuss great places to find this kind of treasure a little later on, but some items that you could expect to come across include watches, rings, coins, or necklaces.

Other treasures may have been worthless when they were disposed of, but have

now become so rare or desirable that they have increased in value. Arrowheads from battles past; carvings; certain stones, etc can all prove to be valuable finds.

Before there were designated garbage dumps, unwanted items were often buried or simply thrown into the bush. Over time, these items were long forgotten. However, finding a rare dish, for example, that can be traced to a certain crafter or era could be a real treasure.

Some treasures may have absolutely no monetary value at all, but could be very

sentimentally valuable to the right person. Old family photos, a favorite teddy bear, or a letter from your first love would all be great treasures to find. It would rare to stumble across a sentimental treasure unless you were specifically looking for it, but it can happen!

Whatever your reason for treasure hunting; whatever you are searching for, you

are sure to find a few surprises along the way! Treasure hunting is truly a hobby for anyone to enjoy.

A brief tutorial on how to set up your phone to receive SMS messages from Twitter. This is critical to those participating in “Looking for Love”, a Twitter based treasure hunt slated for Valentine’s Day in Los Angeles.

Just 15 minutes north of Downtown Indianapolis is Broad Ripple Village, one of Indy’s coolest Cultural Districts. With an eclectic array of locally-owned stores and boutiques, Broad Ripple offers shoppers the opportunity to hunt for one-of-a-kind treasures. Distributed by Tubemogul. (04:00)

with deer hunting pictures. Photos in photo albums or displayed in frames on the wall in the living room or den can be proudly shown to family members and friends of the trophy buck or large doe that was harvested.

We wanted to throw our son a scavenger hunt party for his birthday, but had trouble coming up with treasure hunt riddles that were fun and exciting. Then I did some research and came up with some neat ideas.

The city of Brighton and Hove is well known for pebbly beaches, exciting nightlife, a vibrant cultural scene, and student life. Over recent times, many companies have started to use Brighton as the location to host team building events.

The Gloucester town of Cheltenham is famous for horse racing and hosts the Gold Cup horse race annually. Cheltenham has been identified by event management companies as an ideal place to host team building and corporate hospitality events, as Cheltenham has plenty of good indoor and outdoor locations, together with good transport links by road and rail. For these reasons, Cheltenham makes event management companies very happy.

It took an inordinately long time for movie land to bring us a modern day treasure hunt worth watching, but Director Jon Turteltaub delivered big time in National Treasure, the story of a secret treasure that crosses the centuries. National Treasure is full of obscure clues. National Treasure stays focused on the clues with the actors not upstaging the treasure hunt story line.

Treasure hunt party games are the most entertaining and engaging activity. There are numerous articles written on how to plan a treasure hunt or scavenger hunt game. This article presents a structure with example and explanation to write text clues for all types of clues hunt and for all ages.

Treasure hunting is the common name for a fun and interesting hobby enjoyed by thousands of people around the world. They use portable metal detectors to go outside and literally hunt for treasure. With the price of gold over 0 oz today, more and more people are getting metal detectors and heading into the hills.

The Christmas Season is upon us, this means it’s basically impossible to think of anything apart from candy canes, Santa and big family dinners. Indeed, Christmas is a very hectic time of year and it’s hard to get things done during this period.

Many Mediterranean cruises can be purchased as Royal Caribbean Mediterranean cruises. Find out about where the luxury cruise will visit, which cruise liners you will travel on and also where you will need to get on board.

Family cruise deals are a great way to put an end to all your worries about the usually high cost of cruise vacations and set out on one actually. Luxury cruises are no longer the prerogative of the rich and the famous.

Do you love spending vacations on water? If you have never had done that, then you are definitely missing something. You may find yachts being considered as leisure boats nowadays, however, you can find it more gratifying through hiring yacht charters.

Daily cruises on luxury cruise ships for the beautiful islands of the Saronic Gulf, Poros, Hydra and Aegina, an escape from the hustle of Athens and a variety of several day cruises to the islands of Cyclades, Dodecanese and the coast of Turkey.

Embark on your personal sailing boat and sail for the beautiful islands of the Ionian Sea with first call to Zakynthos, famous for its beaches, “Navagio” being the most photographed beach of Greece and one of the best in the Mediterranean.

Coming across a valuable item in your treasure hunt can be a real thrill. Even an
item that may not have monetary value could be personally attractive to the right hunter.Part of the thrill is in the chase; not knowing what you may find lends a sense of mystery and intrigue to the treasure hunt.